The more things change...

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi had taken a few wounds during the mission, but nothing that he would deem serious enough to require medical treatment. He'd already begun to heal, and he estimated that by the time tomorrow rolled around, he'd once again be at full strength. This was not, of course, true of everyone who had fought on that moon -- those who had lost their lives, for instance.

But for him, intense combat was the norm. There was no sense dwelling on loss of life or regretting the past, and there were no nightmares about the dead or dying. There was only the future, and the battles to be found there.

So it was back to business as usual: maintenance on the HDC, clearing stray leaves off the front steps and caring for the flowers... and teaching his pet parrot some commands. Today, however, Alan seemed more intent on rolling onto his back and demanding to be picked up. So Zouichi settled back in the shade of a nearby tree instead, playing with the bird and occasionally wondering where he'd picked up all these new phrases that sounded suspiciously like Lash.

Maybe if Howard showed up, they could look for odds and ends in the City.

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[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"So you've seen those kinds of movies before? You like'em?"

Now they were at the super important questions.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"One or two," he said. "I can't really say I like all of them based on that. But... they were pretty interesting."

Yep. Super important.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"I should show you some of the really good ones, sometime... I've got to do a thorough go-through of what's in that media library."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Which ones are the good ones?" Zouichi mostly just picks movies at random, anyway. No one's really given him any recommendations.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"I kind of really liked the Dirty Harry series ... that's pretty old-school Lost Jerusalem stuff."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Dirty... Harry?" Zouichi just looked puzzled. "What's so dirty about him?"

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

That question accompanied with that look was too much; Jr. laughed. And quite honestly after their conversation it felt good to.

"It's not exactly a literal name," he explained. "But-- well, you know the term dirty job, right?"

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"So... it's the nickname? Dirty Harry is a villain?"

IT'S NOT FUNNY JR.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

IT SO IS THOUGH.

"Nope, an officer. Though the name also falls into the fact that he doesn't always take care of things like the rest of'em do."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Ah, so he's a bit of a renegade. Someone who bends the rules to get the job done."

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much, yeah!"

Congratulations, Zouichi, you now have a slightly better idea of how Jr. takes care of things back home.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Sounds interesting. I would like to see this 'Dirty Harry'."

Zouichi wasn't big on rules, anyway.